Cedars-Sinai's pediatric surgeons have played key roles at the local, regional and national levels. It's been that way since Stephen Gans, MD, helped transform a fledgling group of child-caring surgeons into the American Pediatric Surgical Association and then developed the Journal of Pediatric Surgery.

Leon Morgenstern, MD, FACS, the first chair of the combined Cedars-Sinai Department of Surgery, continues to inspire us. His most recent publication in the Journal of the American College of Surgeons, was published this month.

For those of you who have been waiting for better or additional CS-Link™ features, you’ll be happy to know that the latest upgraded version of CS-Link will be installed to production in the early hours of Sunday, Nov. 4. You will not, however, see a significant amount of changes to your day-to-day workflows or screens.

The Circle of Friends program honored more than 200 people in September. Circle of Friends allows grateful patients to make a donation in honor of the physicians, nurses, caregivers and others who have made a difference during their time at Cedars-Sinai.

Cedars-Sinai's Medical Library is offering a variety of classes through December. Library staff also is available to schedule specific times for individual or group sessions if the times listed are not convenient.

Anemia, vertigo, atrophied muscles, lowered cardiac output and reduced bone mass. Symptoms of a very sick patient? On Earth, perhaps. But in space, it's pretty normal. For help with these conditions, astronauts turn to experts such as Gregg A. Bendrick, MD, chief medical officer and senior flight surgeon for NASA Dryden Flight Research Center at California's Edwards Air Force Base in the Mojave Desert.